Edutopia – Finding an Authentic Goal for Your PBL Classroom

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 12 | July 18, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036]

When we talk about project-based learning (PBL), we focus our curriculum on finding real-world ways for students to learn problem-solving and communication skills. When doing this, authenticity is key.

When you are first developing a PBL unit, you must begin the journey by establishing an authentic goal. By the end of the unit, you want students to have solved something. Along the way, they will have written, collaborated, created, pitched, discussed, and presented. It sounds overwhelming, especially if you haven’t found that launching pad (authentic goal) in the first place. (more…)

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Research Paper: ‘Cultural Pigeonholes in English Language Teaching Materials’ by Dat Bao

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 12 | July 18, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Abstract This paper problematises the cultural content presented in many English coursebooks. It examines the issue of cultural…

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